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Event in history of Islam The attack on Fatima's house refers to a disputed violent attack on the house of Fatima , daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . The attack is said to have taken place shortly after the death of Muhammad in 11 AH (632 CE ) and was instigated by his successor Abu Bakr and led by Umar , another companion . The purpose of the attack was to arrest Fatima's husband Ali , who had withheld his pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr. Her injuries during the raid might have caused the young Fatima's miscarriage and death within six months of Muhammad. The above claims are brought forward by the Shia and categorically rejected by the Sunni , the two largest branches of Islam . On the one hand, Shia historians list some early Sunni sources that corroborate these allegations, arguing that sensitive information about the incident has also been censored by Sunni scholars who were concerned with the righteous presentation of companions. On the other hand, it is unimaginable for Sunnis that the companions would engage in violence against Muhammad's family. In turn, Sunni Islam holds that Fatima died from grief after the death of Muhammad and that her child died in infancy of natural causes. Following her will, Abu Bakr was excluded from the private funeral of Fatima, and she was buried secretly at night. Fatima has been compared to Mary , the mother of Jesus , especially in Shia Islam. In view of Fatima's place in Islam, these allegations are highly controversial, with beliefs primarily split along sectarian lines between Sunni and Shia denominations.
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Umar at Fatimah's house refers to the controversial event where Umar came to the house of Fatimah , the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , in order to get the allegiance of Ali and his followers or burn her house down. This event, according to Shias, is ascribed to be the cause of Fatimah's miscarriage and eventual death.
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Umar at Fatimah's house (in Arabic حرق الدار, means the burnt house ) refers to the controversial event where Umar came to the house of Fatimah , the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , in order to get the allegiance of Ali and his followers or burn her house down. This event, according to Shias, is ascribed to be the cause of Fatimah's miscarriage and eventual death.
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Umar at Fatimah's house refers to a confrontation which took place at the home of Fatimah , daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , shortly after the latter's death in 632 CE.A group, led by the prominent sahaba Umar , went to the house to meet Fatimah's husband Ali and his partisans, with the aim of gaining their allegiance for the newly elected caliph , Abu Bakr .However, this resulted in a standoff between the two parties, the details of which are uncertain.This event, which has mentions in Shia , Sunni , and western academic books, is also claimed by Shia sources to have led to Fatimah's miscarriage of her son Muhsin ibn Ali , as well as her own death shortly after.However, the veracity of this account is disputed, with beliefs being primarily split on sectarian lines between Sunni and Shia denominations.They crushed the Chief of All Women behind the door so violently that it resulted in the miscarriage of Mohsin. al-Shahrastaani, Muhammad.The perpetrator of this crime was Qunfuz, who was acting on his master – Umar's explicit command…' de-Gaia, Susan (2018).Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture across History [2 volumes] .
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